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    NOVI BEOGRAD CENTARDestabilization of an Urban Design?

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    NOVI BEOGRAD CENTARDestabilization of an Urban Design?

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    INTRODUCTION

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    Introduction

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    DESTABLIZATION OF ANURBAN DESIGN?

    Novi Beograd Centar is the name of the new, centralblocks of New Belgrade. This part of the city, separatedfrom Old-Belgrade by the Save and abutting the Danu-be in the north, is the unifying element between the twocities of Belgrade and Semun, and lies on the former

    boundary between occident and orient.Though the center of New Belgrade is not, as originallyplanned, sensible as an actual city center, it is, however,a meaningful part of one of Belgrades most importantcity sectors, in which thousands of people live and now-newly- also work.

    New Belgrade is a place of contrasts: here, urban plan-ning meets wild construction, large-scale compositionsmeet fragmented structures, here bton brut is mirroredin the newest glass facades, exposed brickwork nds

    itself next to colored faade cladding. Shopping centersemerge next to small chandler stores, bank branches andinsurance agencies next to housing developments. Onepasses over busy, multi-lane streets, and through widespanning, idyllic green-spaces; one transverses shabby,grafti-covered interior courtyards, avoids cars parked

    on sidewalks, and walks past manicured gardens.Well-dressed businessmen sit on park benches next tomothers with strollers, shining Mercedes pass homespunGypsy-mobiles, retirees amuse themselves with chessnext to children playing soccer. Long-established apart-ment owners encounter freshly arrived renters, internati-onal investment converge with local activities Raiffeisenmeets EKA-PA (Pekara, Serbian for bakery)

    The coexistence of these conicting realities is apparent

    in New Belgrade, building a heterogeneous urban fabric.The history of the city sector, or specically the percei-vable transformation process on micro and macro levels,is directly perceptible on todays cityscape, both in theexistent, such as the urban compositions, volumes, andthe architectural forms, as well as in the function of buil-dings, public spaces, and the sociological structure.Two coarse layers can be discerned in this urban fabric,which, in a purely visually sense are strongly differentin their formal language, overlaying and penetrating one

    another.The rst layer is comprised of the old building substance,

    constructed during the socialist era, while the other em-bodies the present building process, which was instatedafter the change over in political regime. But, within bothof these building phases, transformations are visible, inpart, continuing to this day.

    The composition of housing developments embodies thebuilt reality of the socialist, urban plan. The most impor-tant characteristics of which are large scale developmentand wide green-spaces, which can be ascribed to the

    most important principles of the CIAM and, in particular,on the elements of Le Corbusiers Plan Voisin- sunshi-ne, green space, circulation.

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    Introduction The buildings constructed in recent years follow differentconcepts, private and, in part, foreign investors havebegun to emerge as primary players. Denser urban de-velopment occurs, new functions appear, and differentusers are approached.Urban strategies, if at all present, as well as architectu-ral elements, such as material and building substance,distinguish themselves strongly from those of older buil-dings.

    The present cityscapes exist next to one another andinuence each other. They thereby interact in a recipro-cal relationship, which carries with it both positive andnegative consequences.Contradictions, collisions, and conicts produce an ins-table conglomerate, which can lead to the destabilizationof the entire system. The originally prevalent idea of ahomogenous cityscape is thereby diluted and, in part,even completely abandoned. It can thereby be spoken ofthe loss of a once imagined entity or also of the develop-ment from an intended homogeny, to a heterogeneous

    urban fabric.

    This assemblage of different urban, architectural, histo-ric and social strata will be portrayed on the followingpages. Presented will be the developments, processes,and phenomena of the last forty years, which act as de-terminants for the current status of New Belgrade. Thesedifferent themes are assigned to four time-periods, whichare dened according to their historical, urban context

    and political benchmarks.

    In a rst phase, spanning from 1960-1980, the planned

    political center of Yugoslavias new capital and the the-reby emergent sleeper-city is discussed. This concernsthe modern urban plan and the construction of large-scale housing compositions, which are presented withthe aid of typology studies. This chapter also deals withthe status in ownership of apartments and the organiza-tion of individual blocks.The second phase, between 1980 and 1990, is not as

    strongly apparent due to less building activity. However,this phase is still relevant for the future urban collage,above all due to the planning activities which occur du-ring this phase. The urban phenomenon of the commer-cial archipelago is also attributed to this time. Further-more, the acquisition of public space by the residentialcommunity will be discussed.The further planning of New Belgrades center and thetransformation of apartments from state subsidized, hu-man right to private ownership is shown in the third pha-se. The identication of residents with their own blocks

    gains importance between the years of 1990, and the

    year 2000. Small, illegal buildings emerge everywhere,though otherwise little is built.

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    Introduction

    MODERN CITY FOUNDATION

    1960- 1980

    CRITICAL REVISION

    1980-1990

    Building Mass

    Politics

    Planning

    Typology

    Use

    Public Space

    Land Tenure

    Sociology

    Socialism under Tito

    A new capital for Yugoslavia

    Streets as Primary Grid for the Nine

    Blocks

    Large Scale Housing Developments

    A Sleeper City

    The Apartment as Fundamental

    Right

    Downfall of Socialism

    Central Axis as fallow land

    Military as sole potent actor

    Urban Housing

    Developments

    Commercial Centers for the

    Residential City

    Private Adaptation of public

    space

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    NEGATION OF THE RHINE

    1990-2000

    PRAGMATIC FILLING IN

    2000-TODAY

    Constitutional crisis

    Central axis as building

    land

    Spontaneous Development

    of Small Trade

    The Apartment as Posses-

    sion

    Identification with onesown block

    Transition

    Central Axis as construction site

    International Investment

    Turbo- Architecture

    The Block as City

    New Public Life

    (over) Demand of Public Space

    The Apartment as Commodity

    Three Generations on 65 m2 Two

    People on 115m2

    Search for a New Collectivity

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    BLOCK 24

    BLOCK 25

    BLOCK 26

    BLOCK 30

    BLOCK 29

    BLOCK 28

    BLOCK 23

    BLOCK 22

    BLOCK 21

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    CorridorX/BulevarArsenijaCarnojevica

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    BLOCK 27

    Introduction NOVI BEOGRAD CENTAR

    New Belgrade is one of the seventeen districts of the city

    of Belgrade. The city sector lies at the union of the Save

    with the Danube, between Zemun and Old-Belgrade.

    The draining of the swamp area, on which the new city

    sector is to be built, is begun in 1948. New Belgrade is

    named a borough of the city in 1953.

    According to the zoning plan, a majority of the area is

    dened as residential, further zones dened for com-merce, culture and administration, for green spaces and

    for industry.

    Novi Beograd Centar is originally planned as the political

    center of New Belgrade and consists of nine blocks. The

    head is made up of the government buildings of the for-

    mer Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia. In its axis

    follow the three central blocks: 24, 25, and 26, which are

    each made up of a 350m x 350m squared parcels. To the

    east lie blocks 21, 22, and 23, and the western blocks

    28,29,30 each of 350m x 350m.

    Beograd 395.96 km

    2

    1576124 InhabitantsNovi Beograde 40.74 km2 217730 Inhabitants

    Novi Beograde Centar ca. 1.81 km2 ca. 30000 Inhabitants

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    Novi BeogradCentar

    Novi Beograd

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    Introduction

    50m 100m 250m

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    Introduction

    Aerial Photograph Novi Beograd Centar, 2003

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    MODERN CITY FOUNDATION

    1960 - 1980

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    1960 - 1980 MODERN CITYFOUNDATIONSOCIALISM UNDER TITO

    Yugoslavia emerges from the 2nd World War as a so-cialist state under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito(Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia, from 1963:

    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Through thefederal structure, Tito is able to unite into one state, thesix constituent republics which, in the previous century,were plagued with unrest and war.Yugoslavia denes its own form of socialism, which per-mits a great degree of autonomy in the management ofbusiness. This leads to a break, in 1948, from the Soviet

    Union and the remaining states of the Eastern Bloc.In their foreign policy, Yugoslavia follows an independentcourse and poses itself at the forefront of neutral, boar-der-free states.

    The planning of New Belgrade, which is to become thenew administrative capital of Yugoslavia, begins at theend of the 1940s. Planned, are party and government

    buildings, including the Presidents palace and the buil-ding for the central committee of the communist partyof Yugoslavia, as well as apartments for foreign diplo-mats. After its split from the Soviet Union however, Yu-goslavia falls into political and economic crisis, inhibitingthe construction of the central axis with public buildings,businesses, and grand assembly grounds.Though the rst planning phase excludes apartments for

    the continually growing population of Belgrade, the buil-ding phase, which begins in1960, sees almost exclusive-

    ly residential construction.

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    Finished Buildungs between1960 and 1980

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    1960 - 1980 A NEW CAPITALFOR YUGOSLAVIA

    The rst plan for the new capital is designed in 1946, by

    Nikola Dobrovic, one of Serbias most prominent modernarchitects. The radial plan deals exclusively with partyand governmental buildings as well as the residences offoreign ambassadors, excluding residential construction

    entirely. This plan is rejected. A new competition is con-ducted in 1947. As no clear winner emerges from thiscompetition Nikola Dobrovic is commissioned to designthe plan, with the condition that he design an orthogona-lly structured plan. The party and government buildingsremain in the center. Another important element of theplan is the central axis between the government palaceand the newly projected railway station.Between 1950 and 1960 architects and urban planners

    present countless variations for the development of thenew capital city.The building plan of 1962 is nally realized. The center

    of the city is divided into nine orthogonal blocks. Theaxis, designed by Dobrovnic, between the governmen-tal palace and the railway station lies on the three cen-tral blocks. The zoning plan proscribes public uses tothe central blocks and residential to the periphery. Onlyblock 21 is built exactly to plan, the other residential sec-tors approach the urban plan in a more exible manner.

    Due to insufcient funding, the three central blocks are,

    in the beginning, not at all developed.

    City Development Plan of Nikola Dobrovic, 1948

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    Regulation Plan, 1960 Building Plan, 1962

    Photo of the Reguliation Plan Model, 1960

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    1960 - 1980 STREETS AS A PRIMARYGRID FOR THE NEW BLOCK

    The primary grid for the nine blocks is dened by a street

    grid. The streets were planned at a large-scale and areaccordingly wide. There are four main streets, which cir-culate around the center of New Belgrade and on whichpublic trafc moves. Four further main streets, including

    the highway: Corridor X, divide the area into nine blocks.Streets are 2-3 lanes wide, and planned with strips of ve-getation between the lanes.

    An internal street system exists within the individualblocks. The parking spaces surrounding the lots can beaccessed by a circular, ring street; smaller, local streetsand pedestrian paths lead through the blocks.Thereby, a clear hierarchy of trafc exists: primary

    streets, secondary streets, and pedestrian zones. Theseare clearly separated from one another, and, in part, pe-destrians are directed onto a second level by means ofbridges over the local streets.

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    Section A-A

    Section B-B

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    1960 - 1980 LARGE SCALE HOUSINGDEVELOPMENTS

    The settlement composition of block 21, which lies under

    historical preservation since 1999, is the only housing

    development built exactly according to the plan of 1960.

    It consists of six, seventeen-storey towers, two elongatedbuildings functioning as screens oriented towards each

    long side of the block, and the snake-like, six-storey vo-lume at the center. Similar developments are found onthe other corner-blocks of the center, where originallyidentical compositions were planned. The urban strategyof a long, protective volume, large green spaces, and theresidential tower as accent, is also implemented in vary-ing architectural forms, on blocks 21, 23, 28 and 30.

    Blocks 22 and 29, at rst only partially developed, rep-resent two residential compositions of similar strategicgoals, in respect to scale, in the arrangement and sizeof individual volumes and interstitial spaces. The sett-lement of block 22 however, follows a freer compositionmade up of individual houses and based on an underly-ing idea, which plays with innite growth and the string-ing together of subsequent volumes. Thereby, each blockpresents an individual variant on the settlement compo-sition, which however all embody the same concepts ofshield from the outside, and protection within.

    Section C-C

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    Residental Towers, 18-21 Levels

    Elongated Structures, 11 Levels

    Mixed Forms, 6-8 Levels

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    1960 - 1980 RESIDENTAL TOWERS

    Block 28, 1974-1978

    Block 30, 1975-1978

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    Block 21, 1962-1966

    Block 23, 1969-1974

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    1960 - 1980 ELONGATED STRUCTURES

    Block 30

    1975-1979

    Block 28

    1971-1974

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    Block 23

    1969-1974

    Block 21

    1962-1966

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    1960 - 1980 MIXED FORMS

    Block 29

    1968-1972

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    Block 221969-1974

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    1960 - 1980 A SLEEPER CITY

    For the time being, New Belgrade is a sleeper city: the

    majority of inhabitants work in Old-Belgrade and, as

    schools and kindergartens are constructed only after hou-

    sing, the majority of school children must also make their

    way to Old-Belgrade. In the beginning, public transport

    is poor, planned green spaces are merely fallow land, no

    trees are planted, playgrounds are not yet constructed.

    With rain, New Belgrade is transformed into a landscapeof mud as the local streets are not yet asphalted.

    Moreover, it takes time before the ground-oor commer-

    cial spaces are rented and the residents of New Belgrade

    are able to purchase their bread there.

    Wohnen

    Living

    Living and Small

    Commercial Uses

    Shops

    Ofce

    Schools, Preschools

    Public Services

    Hopsital, Sportsground

    Lilving

    Commercial

    Infrastructure

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    1960 - 1980

    The vegetation has grown, thebenches and park Interiors lookused and are often demolished

    Residental complex in block 28,

    short after completion 1974

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    Residental complex in block 23,

    short after completion in 1974

    Trafc Infrastructure such as

    Lights and Signs have beeninstalled..

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    1960 - 1980

    Residental Com-plex - Block 21

    Complex EntryBlock 21

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    Public SchoolBuilding - Block 23

    School Atrium- Block 21

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    1960 - 1980

    green

    pre school street

    residental

    residental

    residental

    high school

    pre school

    street

    residental

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    school

    residental

    commercial

    sportsground

    residentalpre school

    residental

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    1960 - 1980

    school

    green

    residental

    pre school

    sportsground

    residentalsportsground

    Wohnen

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    green

    residentalstreet

    residental

    residental

    residental

    yard

    green

    residental

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    1960 - 1980 THE APARTMENT AS A

    FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT

    The construction of apartments in New Belgrade follows

    the ideological and socialist principal of an equal division

    of assets, under which a free apartment and social sub-

    ventions are to be made available by the state. However,

    the apartment is not to be dened simply as a commodi-

    ty, but instead it is dened by its utility value. From a le-gal standpoint, habitation is seen as a fundamental right,

    which is thought to lead to the wellbeing of the society:

    The right to habitation is the fundamental right, which

    provides workers with one of the most important founda-

    tions of life.

    The settlements are organized democratically, giving

    each person a right to co-determination. Representatives

    of the inhabitants carry concerns to the different adminis-

    trative bodies and make decisions. The city is responsib-

    le for building maintenance and the exterior surfaces of

    the building, residents determine the most urgent repairs

    via a list of priority.

    In this organization, little has changed since the priva-

    tization of apartments; at a cost, municipal businesses

    (INFOSTAN/STAMBENO) take on the responsibility of

    building maintenance, while the city is responsible for the

    exterior of the building. The efcacy of this structure of

    organization can vary from building to building, which is

    evidenced by the condition of their respective stairways.

    Housekeeper

    (one per staircase)

    Housekeeper

    House-Manager

    Neighbourhood

    Association

    Novi Beograd

    Beograd

    municiplity ofceINFOSTAN / STAMBENO

    CITY

    money for public

    uses

    maintenance of the buildings

    (water, electricity, ... )

    Outside space care

    permits50 / month

    1Quote from: Zakljuci Prvog

    optejugoslovenskog saveto-

    vanja o stambenoj izgradnji i

    stanovanju [Conclusions of

    the First Yugoslav Conference

    on Housing and Dwelling], Ko-

    muna (Belgrade), no. 3 (1956),

    p. 5.

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    1960 - 1980

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    CRITICAL REVISION

    1980 - 1990

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    1980 - 1990 CRITICAL REVISION

    THE DOWNFALL OF

    THE SOCIALISM

    Tito dies in May of 1980, after 45 years at the head of

    Yugoslavias political regime. A new voting system is

    instated to insure that the president is elected, alterna-tively, from the nations six constituent republics, in order

    to achieve the political stabilization of the multi-ethnic

    state.

    With the downfall of Yugoslavias communist federation,

    it is no longer possible to reestablish the entire states

    structure on a new footing. The entire country begins to

    experience unrest and, for the rst time, movements of

    autonomy.

    During this time, the future president of Yugoslavia, Slo-

    bodan Milosevic, grows progressively stronger. His goal

    is, above all, to establish Serbian dominance in Yugos-

    lavia. In 1990, Milosevic is nally elected as president ofSerbia.

    After the end of New Belgrades building phase in the

    1970s, economic problems result in nearly a complete

    halt of construction. On the other hand, new planning

    occurs for the yet unrealized central axis, on which

    originally a wide promenade with stores and ofces was

    planned. With the construction of a housing develop-

    ment on block 24, at the end of the 1980s, the socialist

    idea of an urban center dies once and for all.

    For the essential provision of the growing population,

    small commercial centers are developed within each

    block.

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    Finished Buildings between1980 and 1990

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    1980 - 1990 THE CENTRAL AXISAS FALLOW LAND

    Due to a lack of capital, the planning of the 1960s is not

    fully completed. The blocks 24, 25 and 26 remain fallow,

    used by the inhabitants of surrounding blocks as leisurespace for shing, gardening, or walking dogs.

    In 1985, Milos R. Perovi, together with the Institute forthe Planning of Belgrade, publishes a new urban plan forthe center of New Belgrade. Perovi considers the sca-le of modern construction inhuman: he sees a commonground between the complexity of Old-Belgrade and theopen, modern planning of New Belgrade.One part of his work rests on the analysis of existingstructures and their original intent, while the second, andlargest part, presents new suggestions for the further ur-ban development of New Belgrade. Perovi departs fromthe strict grid above Corridor X, and in combining everytwo blocks he creates a denser cityscape. On the centralaxis, which he limits to blocks 25 and 26, he designs

    a new city center. The remaining blocks are condensedthrough courtyard structures, which, 15 years later, are

    carried out in a form similar to that of block 29.

    Panning of M. Perovic for Novi Beograd Centar, 1985

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    Comparison of density and size for blcok 21 and historical city quarters Model of the Planning of M. Perovic, 1985

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    1980 - 1990

    The rst residents moved in in 1989. I have been here since the beginning and live in an apartment

    of 76 m2. My husband received the apartment through his employer at the time: the military

    Ljubinka, 71 years old, Block 24

    THE MILITARY ASA SOLE POTENT ACTOR

    The state treasury is empty. Only the military, which al-ready constructed housing developments in the 1970s,

    has enough available capital to build, here in block 24,

    the infrastructure necessary for apartments. As in earlysettlements, residents are primarily military employees,

    to whom an apartment is made available.

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    centralStreetspace

    Block 24,

    1987-1989

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    1980 - 1990 URBAN HOUSINGDEVELOPMENTS

    Due to the critique of large-scale residential blocks,which rests on the belief that these blocks are over-di-mensioned and impair the identication with ones re-sidence, compacter settlements are constructed in the1980s. These are believed to be more livable, and better

    adjusted to the human scale.Examples, are the settlements of blocks 28 and 24. The

    settlement of block 28 is compactly constructed of multi-ple volumes with pitched roofs. These surround a pavedcourtyard. The buildings consist of six stories, with com-mercial uses on the ground oor.

    The settlement composition of block 24 is larger, and

    made up of multiple, independent buildings of six sto-ries. The volumes are partly open to the outside, and,in part, oriented towards an inner courtyard; there are amultitude of courtyards, green spaces and plazas. In thiscomposition, the reaction to earlier mass-settlements

    is clearly apparent; urban space is thought to developthrough a compacted method of construction and a vari-ation in the character of open spaces.

    BLOCK 24

    The settlement consists of six,

    six-storey, and three 1-levelvolumes. The large volumescreate a continuous pedestrianpromenade towards the interior.The one- storey structures areintended for commercial use.

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    1980 - 1990

    Block 24

    1989

    Block 28

    1983

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    1980 - 1990 COMMERCIAL CENTRES FORTHE RESIDENTAL CITY

    The increased demand for a broader range of consumerproducts, as well as the necessity of a clear, spatial cen-ter in the spacious blocks, leads to the construction ofsmaller commercial centers within the individual, residen-tial blocks. (Block 21-23, Block 28-30). In addition to the

    existing stores located on the ground-level of residentialstructures, new stores are intended to improve the qua-lity of life in New Belgrade. Here, one nds everything

    needed for daily consumption; groceries, bread, and sta-tionary etc.. The rst services, such as hair salons and

    pharmacies settle in the area. These commercial centersare usually one-storey and compact; new public life de-velops through the spatial concentration.

    Wohnen

    Residental

    Residental /Small Commercial

    Shops

    Ofces

    Schools

    Hospitals, Sportsgrounds

    Residental

    Commercial

    Infrastructure

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    1980 - 1990

    Supermarketin Block 21

    Grocery Storein Block 24

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    Bakeryin Block 30

    Shopping Mallin Block 22

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    1980 - 1990

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    NEGATION OF THE PLAN

    1990 - 2000

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    1990 - 2000 NEGATION OF THE PLANCONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

    In the context of the political shift in the other socialisticstates of Eastern Europe between 1989 and 1990, new

    political parties emerge in Yugoslavia. In 1990 the rst

    free elections are held in the separate constituent repu-blics, won primarily by parties with nationalistic goals.

    Thereafter, each constituent republic declares its politi-cal independence, with the exception of Serbia and Mon-tenegro. Slobodan Milosevic attempts to stop these inde-pendence movements, leading to several bloody wars.In 1992, the UN imposes a trade embargo on Yugosla-via. After Serbian troops enter Kosovo in 1998, NATO

    steps in and bombards strategic targets in Serbia.

    Though there are several ambitious projects for the cen-ter of New Belgrade, only a small number of housingprojects are built, as funding is limited due to the civilwar, which lasts for nearly ten year. Apart from this, ille-

    gally constructed kiosks and shops spring up along mainstreets.

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    Finished Buildings between1990 and 2000

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    1990 - 2000 CENTRAL AXISAS BUILDING LAND

    The winning project of the 1985 international contest for

    the continuing urbanization of the center of New Bel-grade is not executed. However, already in 1991 the next

    competition takes place.The winning project combines the central blocks 25 and

    26 and creates a diagonal road as axis. The plan is dis-carded and in 1995 another competition takes place.This time, the subject is mainly the basketball stadium,which is supposed to be built in the middle of block 25.

    A further important point of the competition is the sub-way project, to which the winners (a team of architectsfrom the rm Energo Holding) orient the urban planning

    of their project. The construction of this project begins in1996. The rst completed structures are an apartment

    building on block 25 and the opposing structure on block

    22. Later, the special attention to the metro line no longermakes sense, as this line is not completed.

    arena

    government palace

    block 21

    Model of the Competition of1991, view to the southwest.

    Blocks 25 and 26 are combined,

    as already in the plan of 1985.

    A central axis is established, onwhich public buildings, a parkand basketball arena are an-chored.

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    1. Price Project, Competition 1995

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    SPONTANEOUS DEVELOP-MENT OF SMALL TRADE

    Due to the poor economic situation, street trade ou-rishes, and in all corners of Belgrade countless kiosksand other small retail stands are constructed without per-mits. This phenomenon is also visible in New Belgrade,though here the majority of these small-scale develop-

    ments have since been removed. Of the planned resi-dential buildings, only a select few are realized due tonancial difculties, these appear to lack a context.

    Wohnen

    Residential

    Residential /Commercial

    Shops

    Ofces

    Schools

    Hospital / Sportsgrounds

    Residential

    Commercial

    Infrastructure

    1990 - 2000

    Above all in block 29,

    many of the illegallyconstructed kioskshave remained until today.

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    1990 - 2000 THE APARTMENTAS POSESSION

    After the downfall of socialism, the city experiences gre-at nancial difculties. Among other initiatives, one sees

    the privatization of state owned apartments in New Bel-grade, in order to raise money. In 1993, the rst apart-ments are sold to their respective occupants at favor-

    able prices. These sales coincide with the hyperinationin Yugoslavia. Most occupants seize the opportunity toinvest their money in apartments, before their moneylooses its value. Soon, a majority of civil servants to theformer socialist state are owners of their apartments.The tenure of an apartment is evident from the entrancedoors in the stairwells, which each new owner replacesor individually decorates. A further consequence of pri-vate ownership is visible in the balconies. At will, theseare altered, closed off, extended, repainted, or clad withwood; windows are also replaced and new shutters orawnings are added.

    I bought my apartment in 1997. I paid very little for

    it, maybe 100DM per meter squared (at the time:

    100DM=84 CHF) Ivana Milenkovic, Block 30

    It is awful, everyone does what they want: they paint walls in different colors,glaze in their balconies, and add additional levels to the building.

    Ljubinka, 71 years old, Block 24

    addition

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    air condition

    stores

    satellite TV

    change I

    addition

    change II

    new balcony rail

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    K

    BL K 26

    4

    BLOK 25

    K 2

    1990 - 2000 IDENTIFICATION WITH ONESBLOCK

    With the coming of age of the rst children born in New

    Belgrade, the level of identication to ones own sector

    or block also rises. In contrast to their parents, who hadcome to New Belgrade from predominately rural areas,this generation grew up, attended school, and forged

    friendships here. This leads to a stronger bond betweenthe youth living in the blocks.Identication with a block manifests itself, for example, in

    prevalent grafti, which is also found in foreign blocks.

    Building occupations also occur as well.

    In the 1990s teenagers ran around with guns, it came to bloody ghts betweenBlock-gangs. Today these ghts are fought on the soccer eld

    Aleksander alias Sasha, 27 years old, Block 28

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    The TV Building

    A Complex along the Highway.The specic design of the win-dow-framings which look likeTV-Boxes gave it that name.

    The Six Corporals

    Group of six residential towers

    in block 21 along the street fromancient Beograde. Built inthe60ies by the Military

    The Chinese Wall

    S-Shaped Building in Block 21.

    With its lenght of over 800 me-ters it is the longest building ofthe balkan. It contains over 700

    apartments.

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    1990 - 2000

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    2000 - Today PRAGMATIC FILLING-IN

    TRANSITION

    With the dissolution of the Milosevic-regime in 2000,and the extradition of its exponents to the UN war crimetribunal, a new era begins for the Federal Republic ofYugoslavia, which now consists only of Serbia and Mon-tenegro. One seeks the recognition of Yugoslavia by theinternational community, as well as the renewal of eco-nomic ties to Europe.In 2004, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is trans-formed into the Confederation of Serbia and Montene-gro. Only two years later, the people of Montenegro de-mand to be released from this confederation, turning all6 former states of Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Mace-donia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro) into independentrepublics.

    Thanks to its central position and vast empty space, NewBelgrade quickly turns into Serbias largest constructionsite at the turn of the millennium. Mostly branches ofinternational companies, such as banks and insuranceagencies, are built, seeking expansion into the countriesof the former Eastern-Bloc.Other new services such as shopping centers, churchesand international hotel chains also seek their place inNew Belgrade.

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    2000 - Today CENTRAL AXIS ASCONSTRUCTION SITE

    Since the end of the 1990s, New Belgrade has become a

    large construction site again. The empty spaces of blocks

    22 and 29, as well as the entire block 26 are built on in-

    tensively. Additionally, gaps within the remaining blocks

    are lled pragmatically.

    The afore mentioned competition of 1998 dealing withthe empty spaces, in particular with the central block 26,

    acts as the basis of present construction. Not everyone

    is happy with this plan or the rst steps of its implementa-

    tion. Several female city planners and female architects

    strongly criticize the current development. Part of the cri-

    tique suggests that the principles of the planned central

    axis are not considered in the present development. The

    female architect Ljiliana Blagojevic, has written a paper

    in collaboration with the conservation agency in which

    she discusses the principles of the original city plan, and

    demands that it be included in the present plan.

    The rst and foremost demarcation line, lies between

    the era of socialistic idealism, which anticipates planning

    and modernization on all levels (though both forcible and

    hegemonic), and the new era, which, impelled by the

    market forces, anticipates privatization and disregards

    any form of planning.

    Ljiliana Blagojevic, Architect

    Winning project of the competition in 1998

    1 Stadtbauwelt Belgrad: Nr 36

    Novi Beograd - or the capital of

    Nomansland. S. 34-41

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    IVANA MILENKOVIC, the district architect of New Belgrade, greatly criticizes the new buildingsand planning. She is of the opinion that the majority of new buildings no longer reect urban plan-ning, let a lone architecture, but purely economic interests.She feels that her opinion as district architect has no inuence on planning, although this is part of

    her job description. Among other things, she is responsible for the construction in New Belgrade.Which is also difcult:

    At the municipality we dont get any information. We only get information if we

    want to know about it, so we have to ask for it. So I have to go to the site and

    look who builds or I have to call town and ask. Its very difcult for me to workhere.

    She, herself, would put more emphasis on green space and culture in the planning of New Bel-grade. Green spaces are displaced or forgotten by the present plans, and, aside from a singlemuseum, cultural life is non-existent.

    Construction Site, Block 26

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    McDonalds /

    Hypo Bank,

    Block 21

    Hypo Bank,

    Block 21

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    2000 - Today TURBO-ARCHITECTURE

    The newly created apartment buildings are no longerto be seen as housing schemes, but more as houses istheir own right. Aside from the new structures of block 21,

    all of the individual volumes are closed, or semi closedcourtyard structures lacking any green space. These aresituated next to each other on the vast building lots of

    blocks 22 and 29, or placed sporadically along the edgesof existing blocks, which is to be seen in blocks 21 and

    28. One aims to compact the residential buildings. As the

    zoning plan prescribes a maximum height of 7 stories, a

    densication can be achieved only by constructing a lar-ger footprint, which results in a loss of free spaces suchas plazas or parks.The arrangement of the structures on blocks 22 and 25

    is not apparent at rst sight. Only with knowledge of the

    unrealized subway plans of the 1990s is an urban form

    detectable.

    Block 29

    The apartment blocks are builtaccording to plans from the1980s. A few of the blocks are

    still under construction. Almostall the buildings have a closedcourtyard.Every apartment block is in-troverted and also individuallydecorated.

    Section E-E

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    2000 - Today

    Block 29, 2006

    Block 28, 2006

    Block 28, 2006

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    Block 21, 1999

    Block 22, 2003

    Block 22, 1998

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    2000 - Today THE BLOCK AS CITY

    Throughout the free spaces of New Belgrade, buildingsfor new public uses, such as shopping centers, branchesof international banks and insurance agencies, as wellas residential structures, are built. These ll the open

    spaces along the main arteries of the blocks. Commer-cial buildings emerge everywhere, and the area beco-mes denser. This transforms each block into a city-like

    unit, where everything needed for daily life is available(schools, shops, restaurants, work out facilities).

    One cannot call these real cities, as life is still very muchoriented towards Old-Belgrade. Only very few inhabi-tants of New Belgrade also work there, for instance inbanks or shops. Cultural events, which would lead to agreater sense of urbanity, do not yet exist, though thereare efforts in this direction, as for example a competitionorganized by the city for an opera house.

    Wohnen

    Residential

    Residential /Small Commercial

    Shops

    Ofce

    Schools

    Hospitals / Sportsgrounds

    Residential

    Comercial

    infrastructure

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    2000 - Today

    POST

    HIGH.SCHOOL

    PRE SCHOOL

    SOCIT

    GNRALE IMEL GROUP

    NAPRED

    C-MARKET

    RESTAURANT

    SIMPLON

    ARENA

    CAR-WORKSHOP

    BAKERYCAF

    DENTIST

    OFFICES

    HYPOVEREINS-

    BANK

    PIZZERIA

    DRIVING SCHOOL

    KIOSK

    BAKERY

    GROCERYMARKET

    LAW-FIRMRESIDENTIAL

    RESIDENTIAL

    RESIDENTIAL

    BAR

    MCDONALD

    RESIDENTIAL

    PHARMACY

    COIFFEUR

    THE BLOCK AS CITY? Different functions are foundin block 21. But still, one can-not speak of an independentcity, as cultural institutions arelacking and inhabitants usuallywork elsewhere.

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    PRIMARY SCHOOL

    CAFRESIDENTIAL

    POWER SUPPLY

    RESIDENTIAL

    INTERIORS SHOP

    GARAGE

    KIOSK

    HYPO BANK

    CAFBAKERYFOOD SUPPLYPETERIE

    KIOSK

    KIOSKFOOD STORE

    RESIDNETIAL

    PRE-SCHOOL

    SIDENTIAL

    RESIDENTIAL

    BARBER

    RESIDENTIAL

    RESIDENTIAL

    RESIDENTIAL

    RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL

    RESIDENTIAL

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    2000 - Today

    Wohnen

    Residential

    Residential /

    Small Commercial

    Shops

    Ofces

    Schools, Pre-Schools

    Hospitals / Sportsgrounds

    Residential

    Commercial

    Infrastructure

    Contemparry Uses

    of the Blocks and Zones

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    2000 - Today NEW PUBLIC LIFE

    After the changeover of political regimes, a shift in public

    life also occurs. The construction of institutions which

    were considered undesirable under the socialist system,

    such as churches or shopping centers, bring with them

    new forms of public space. Though the development of

    actual urban life is thereby fostered, it is simultaneously

    also reduced, as these new facilities are often limited in

    access (opening times, membership regulations).Late at night New Belgrade is dead, a nightlife of clubs or

    bars is, to this day, nearly non- existent.

    McDonalds

    Church

    Fitness-Center

    Tennis-Club

    Basketball-Arena

    Shopping-Mall

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    2000 - Today (OVER-) DEMAND OFPUBLIC SPACE

    The growth in population resulting from new residenti-

    al construction and the general individualization of the

    society, leads to a strong demand on public space. The

    most disparate of users transform the open space; green

    areas are used for private purposes or often used for

    new construction, which, due to the desire for an urbancharacter, often forgoes large green surfaces. Only the

    interstitial spaces between houses or parking spaces re-

    main green.

    Through the building boom of recent years trafc has

    greatly increased, the wide, over-dimensioned streets

    however, prevent congestion. Noticeable is the incre-

    ase in private trafc and the scarcity of available parking

    spaces- which compared to that of Old-Belgrade is still

    harmless. In Old-Belgrade, the demands on public space

    rise in excess: sidewalks, courtyards, and, in part, also

    playgrounds are used for parking.

    Playgrounds (>40)

    Sportsgrounds:

    Basketball, Soccer

    Tennis, Boggia

    Meadows

    Parking Lots

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    2000 - Today

    High-School Yard

    Block 21

    Grocery Sale

    Block 24

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    over damand

    double demand

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    2000 - Today

    Different forms of green space

    are found in the individual

    blocks, here shown in

    block 22: While the settlements

    of the 1970s have large me-

    adows, trees, and also small

    gardens, the green spaces of

    newer blocks are often limited

    to potted plants or paved cour-

    tyards.

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    2000 - Today SEARCH FOR ANEW COLLECTIVITY

    After a retreat into private life during the turbulent cli-

    mate of the 1990s, a new desire for collectivity and so-

    cial contact emerges within the individual housing de-

    velopments. Parks, with their green-spaces, benches,

    and playgrounds, which have declined in past years, de-

    mand maintenance and repair, for which, however, thefunds are often lacking. The condition of buildings and

    green-spaces therefore depend on the commitment of

    the residents. Engaged owners and renters see to the

    maintenance of the building, repaint walls and benches,

    or organize football games to strengthen the collectivity

    of the settlement.

    PETAR KWASNEVSKI is one of the active residents. He is the president of block 37, is respon-

    sible for the concerns of the block-residents and is the contact person to the municipal body. He

    sees that the park is cleaned, the benches and broken basketball nets replaced, and that the jungle

    gyms of the playground are repainted.

    According to Petar, it is not an easy job; residents are seldom interested in communal activities,

    and, to a large part, care only for their own apartment. Nevertheless, he does not give up hope and

    continues to organize football games and other events, also involving neighboring blocks in order

    to overcome rivalries. Two times a year Petar also organizes large events on which he collaborates

    with the NGO CLINDA and the television station TV METROPOLIS. It is important to him that the

    problems of New Belgrade be made public.

    In Block 37 everyone knows me. I am called the radioactive man.

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    Cleaning Event in Block 37, Spring 2005

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    1200-1500 /m2

    1500 /m2

    1800 /m2

    1400 /m2

    1200-1500 /m2

    1000-1200 /m2

    2000 /m2

    1300-1700 /m2

    1300-1900 /m2

    1700 /m2

    1500 /m2

    1100 /m2

    1200 /m2

    1200 /m2

    1500 /m2

    1100-1200 /m2

    1100-1200 /m2

    1200-1500 /m2

    BulevarAvnoja

    2000 - Today THE APARTMENTAS COMMODITY

    The building boom since 2000, and the settlement of in-

    ternational rms in Belgrade has boosted the real estate

    market. The price of apartments rises continually; the pri-

    ce per sq. meter for older houses is nearly at the same

    level as new buildings (approximately 1500 Euro/m2).

    The specic price is above all determined by proximityto the main street Bulevar Avnoj, and to the level of ni-

    shing within the apartment.

    The residents of New Belgrade, who are primarily ow-

    ners, are actively involved in the real estate business:

    apartments are bought, sold, rented, or sublet. One is

    well informed of apartment prices, both in ones own and

    in neighboring blocks.

    Owners of apartment in good locations receive daily

    purchase offers, primarily from investment rms, but also

    from private individuals who want to rent out or resell

    the property for a prot. Many owners, often rst-time

    residents of New Belgrade, toy with the idea of selling

    their apartment: they speculate, however, that prices will

    continue to rise in the coming years.

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    2000 - Today

    Bulevar Mihajla Pupina, Novi Beograd

    70 m2, 800 / month

    Excellent brand new duplex apartment located in

    New Belgrade area. It features living/dinning room

    with high ceiling, kitchen and shower bathroom.

    Second level features bedroom, another shower

    bathroom, walk-in closet, and a large gallery with

    magnicent view. Gallery can be used as a study or

    a guest bedroom. Building has 24 hour guard, and

    there is a possibility of renting a garage place in the

    underground garage. For more details please con-

    tact Milica Maric GSM: +381-63-321535

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    Bulevar Mihajla Pupina, Novi Beograd

    200m2, 4000 / month

    This unique, exclusive penthouse is located in the best

    part of New Belgrade area. It features: entrance hall,

    guest toilet, spacious living/dining are with high ceilings

    and replace, fully equipped kitchen with all new appli-

    ances, shower bathroom, bedroom, walk in wardrobe,

    guest bedroom/study and master bedroom with it`s

    own full bathroom equipped with large jacuzzi bathtub.

    Apartment has secured garage place. For more details

    please contact Colliers Belgrade

    Tel: +381 11 2663863

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    2000 - Today

    Apartment n Block 23,

    Constructed 1974

    60 m2, 200 / month

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    Apartment in Block 29

    Constructed 2005

    150 m2furnished, 2500 / month

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    2000 - Today 65m2VS. TWO PEOPLE ON115m2

    The new buildings constructed in the last ten years, bring

    a completely new type of available apartment to New

    Belgrade, which also attracts a higher social class.

    Next to functional and compactly organized apartments

    from the socialist building phase, there are generous mai-sonette apartments with Whirlpool and security services.

    There is hardly any social integration between these two,

    different residential groups; one is more likely to meet in

    the new public spaces, such as in a shopping center, at

    McDonalds, or at the bus-stop.

    Block 28

    Construction: 2004-2006

    Architect: MR Gradjevinar

    180 Apartments

    Example:

    115m2 + 17m2Balcony

    4.5 Rooms

    Block 23

    Construction: 1969-1974

    Architects: Jankovic, Karadzic, Stjepanovic

    300 Apartments

    Example:

    65m2+ 4m2Balcony

    3 Rooms

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    115 m2-Apartment

    Block 28

    65 m2-Aparment

    Block 23

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    2000 - Today THREE GENERATIONSON 65m2

    The settlements of block 23 were constructed in the

    early 1970s, in the three buildings live a total of 7000

    residents. The buildings are organized along two circu-

    lation corridors; narrow courtyards are located between

    the circulation cores. The buildings are constructed of

    pre-fabricated concrete elements. Apartments are opento two sides, while the kitchen and dining area look onto

    the courtyard. Balconies are located on both sides and

    are often built out into a loggia or used as additional sto-

    rage space.

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    MILENKOis 47 years old and lives with his son, mother, and her sister in a 3-room apartment in

    block 23. As the apartment is only 65m2, his mother and aunt share one room. His son has his own

    room and Milenko sleeps on an extendable sofa in the living room. Until a year ago, Milenko worked

    in a watch factory in Zemun, before he became jobless. This is the reason why he is not able to

    afford his own apartment, though living with his mother and aunt is not always easy. Milenko moved

    into the building with his family in the year 1973, at that time, his father was employed by the military

    and received the apartment for free.

    At rst, Milenko had to attend a school in the old-city, as the school in block 23 was rst completed

    three years later. They were nally able to purchase the apartment in 1993, though his father had

    already passed away.

    Milenko likes living in the center of New Belgrade very much: one is near the old town, but not

    directly in the center. His son also feels very comfortable here as he has so much space outside

    to play with friends and is, within the block, protected from the dangerous streets. For Milenko, the

    only problem is the post ofce building (catastrophe!): here, nothing has changed in the last 30

    years, it is much too small for the many residents, and there are long waiting times. Nevertheless,

    Milenko would not move away from New Belgrade, and if, then only to return to his homeland ofKrayevo. Above all, he would never want to live in the mega-blocks, where there are big problems

    with drugs. Most of all, Milenko dreams of a hut along a stream, surrounded by nature, without

    electricity or television..

    I sleep on an extendable sofa in the living room, but that is normal here. Most

    people have to transform their living room into a bedroom at night.

    Milenko, 47 years old Block 23.

    Milenko with his mother

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    2000 - Today TWO PEOPLE ON 115m2

    The new building on block 28 consists of three parts,

    which together enclose an elongated courtyard. Spaces

    on the ground oor and along the highway are rented

    by stores or ofces, above, 180 apartments are located:

    everything is available here, from the 20m2 studio to the

    150 m2 maisonette. Most apartments have a large ter-

    race. The building was poured of concrete, on-site, and

    the exterior was subsequently painted white. Currently,the interior is under completion, in two months all the

    apartments should be ready for habitation.

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    MARIYA IVKOVIC completed her studies in architecture three years ago. Since then, she has

    worked in the architectural ofce of her father, which is responsible for the completion of the inte -rior of the new residential and business building in block 28. Her father also bought her a 4.5 room

    apartment, for 1650 Euros/m2, in this building. The apartment was not completed in May 2006, as

    planned, and for the time being Mariya lives in a one-room apartment within the same building.

    She is already very excited for her large apartment, where she will move in with her boyfriend. The

    115m2 apartment is large enough that they will be able to begin a family in the future. She particu-

    larly likes the south-westerly orientation of the terrace in the new apartment.

    In the last two years, Mariya lived in a housing development of the 1970s, in block 23. She actually

    prefers this building and its underlying urban principal, to the many new buildings of the last two

    years. She cannot understand why normal people are so fascinated by the glass-facades. Yet, she

    is happy that she will now be able to move into a larger, more comfortable apartment. Because all

    new buildings have their own parking garages, she even has her own parking space and must no

    longer endure the tedious search for parking.

    The new apartments are top-modern and fully equipped with everything that

    one might need. I am most excited about the large terrace.

    Mariya Ivkovic, 28 years old, Block 28

    Mariya in conversation with a construction worker

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    2000 - Today TWO LEVELS OF THE CITYWithin the urban fabric of New Belgrades center, two le-

    vels are apparent: pragmatically, these can be identied

    as a new and an old level.

    The old-level is related to the beginning phases of New

    Belgrade and the entire cityscape related to it; the new-

    level relates to the phase since the 1990s and covers dif-

    ferent themes, such as urban planning, architecture, and

    sociology. The two levels overlay and permeate each

    other to differing degrees, depending on the situation.

    1960-1980

    after 1990

    Block 21

    The new buildings occupy the

    free spaces alone the edges of

    the blocks, where before smal-

    ler green spaces where loca-

    ted. The central location along

    the main streets is important for

    services such as banks or insu-

    rance agencies.

    Block 22

    The new buildings are located

    on the large, fallow half of the

    block. The apartments, with

    commercial functions on the

    ground oor, build a unied,closed entity, which is clearly

    separated from the older buil-

    ding structures.

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    I do not know if I prefer the old or the new residential buildings. The apart-

    ments are larger and more attractive in the newer structures, that is why I live

    here.

    Deki, Block 29

    The new buildings are sterile, and the facades lifeless. Everything is so cold. I

    wish for a more imaginative architecture.

    Italian teacher, 51 years old, Block 30

    I feel as though I am in prison. I see only walls before me. I was once able tosee all the way to Old-Belgrade and had open air. I am afraid of the new buil-

    dings.

    Old man, Block 29

    The architecture of the new buildings is very good and beautiful! For example

    the Arena!

    R. Jerotijevic, Block 29

    I like neither the old, nor the new buildings. I would nd myself in a dilemma if

    I had to choose between the two: the new buildings have better infrastructure,

    while the older ones are more soundly constructed.

    Veljko Stefanovic, 22 years old, Block 28

    The buildings of block 22 are so ugly! They are they ugliest buildings of all New

    Belgrade because of their concrete facades. The Hyatt Hotel and the Arena are

    much nicer!

    Rada, 71 years old, Block 22

    The new buildings are bad, they rob of us open space and air. Everything is so

    narrow. I am a romantic, thus, I prefer the older buildings. The newer ones look

    like matchboxes and have no charm.

    Man with dog, Block 28

    The new buildings do not suit me. There is no free space around the benches

    and everything has become too cramped.

    Marina, Block 21

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    Private Business

    School.

    Built 2002

    Bank Building

    in front of the

    residetnial Area

    in Block 30,

    built 2004

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    CONTACTS

    Municipal DepartmensIvana Milenkovic, Borrough Architekt of Neo Beograde

    +381 11 310 67 80 / [email protected]

    Biliana Misic, Department care of monuments

    Construction Firms:

    Energoprojekt:

    Marica Boskovic-Petronijevic, Chiefarchitect and Head of the architectural division

    +38 111 311 19 31 / [email protected]

    Ljubica Ivkovic, real-estate salesperson

    +38 111 310 18 94 / [email protected]

    MR Gradjevinar:

    Ilinka Spasic, Head of PR

    +381 11 318 80 75 / [email protected]

    Universtity Belgrade

    Ljiliana Blagojevic, Teaches at the Faculty of Architecture

    +381 11 322 52 54 / [email protected]

    Jelena Brasanac, student of architecture

    Veljko Stefanovic, student of architecture

    Marina Boljanovic, student of architecture

    Dragana Djapa, assistant at the TU Wien

    INTERVIEWS

    Dusan, Block 21

    Djordje und Rada, Block 21

    Vladam, Block 21

    Rada, Block 22

    Ivana Markov, Block 22

    Sloboda, Block 22

    Caslav Popovic, Block 22

    Milenko, Block 23

    Dunja Poleti, Block 23

    Ljubinka, Block 24

    Moralim, Block 25

    Sasha, Block 28

    Zoran, Block 28

    Tanja, Block 29

    Deki, Block 29

    R. Jerotijevic, Block 29

    Zoran, Block 30Mina, Block 30

    Petar Kvasnevski, Block 37

    SOURCES

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    BOOKS

    Novi Beograd 1961 - ville nouvelle

    Direction pour la construction de Novi Beograd, Beograd, 1961

    BEOGRAD 1945-1975, Urbanizam Arhitektura, Bratislav Stojanovic, Uros Martinovic,

    Beograd, 1978

    Iskustra proslosti, lessons of the past, 1985

    Milos R. Perovic / The Institute for Development Planing of the City of Belgrade

    Guide to Modern Architecture in Belgrade, 2002

    Dijana Milainovic Maric, Association of Belgrade Architects

    MAGAZINES

    ARHITEKTURA, URBANIZAM 74/ 77,

    Beograd, 1975

    Stadtbauwelt Belgrad, Nr. 36

    Gtersloh, 2004

    Halo Oglasi: real-estat magazine21.05.2006

    MOVIES

    Srdjan Golubovic, Apsolutnih 100, 2001

    TV Metropolis, Neobicne Price - Komsije, 2005

    EXPOSITIONS

    Open spaces of Novi Beograd: a project by students at the department of urban de-

    sign and landscape architecture, TU Wien

    INTERNET

    www.beograd.co.yu

    www.novibeograd.org.yu

    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrad

    www.landscape.tuwien.ac.at/lva/ws05/250114/index.htm

    beobuild.co.yu

    www.napred.net

    www.energovg.co.yu

    www.imelgroup.co.yu

    www.veranogroup.com

    colliers.com/Markets/SerbiaMontenegro/FindAProperty

    www.slavijabiro.co.yu

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    STATISTICS

    Statsitical Yearbook of the city of Belgrade, 2004

    www.zis.bg.gov.yu/publikacije_eng.php

    MAPS

    City Map Novi Beograd, 1:7500

    2004

    City Map Belgrade, 1:20000

    Intersystem Kartograa, 2005

    PLANS

    Main Plan Belgrade, Uni Belgrad

    Katasterplan-Excerpt (Block 25 and 26) by Vlada Slavija

    Additions by Sabine Herzog and Helen Wyss

    Floor PLans Block 23:

    ARHITEKTURA, URBANIZAM 74 77,Godina, Beograd, 1975, p. 57

    Floor Plans, Block 28:

    MR Gradjevinar, Belgrad

    IMAGES

    BEOGRAD 1945-1975, Urbanziam Arhitektura, BratislavStojanovic, Uros Martinovic, Beograd, 1978

    p. 150

    Aerial of Belgrade

    Google Earth, http://earth.google.com

    Ljiljana Blagojevic, PhD Thesis, Belgrad, 2004

    Strategije modernizma u planiranju i projektovanjuurbane strukture i arhitekture Novog Beograda: period

    konzeptualne faze od 1992 da 1962 godine

    p. 242

    Ljiljana Blagojevic, PhD Thesis, Belgrade, 2004

    Strategije modernizma u planiranju i projektovanju

    urbane strukture i arhitekture Novog Beograda: period

    konzeptualne faze od 1992 da 1962 godine,

    p. 215

    Ljiljana Blagojevic, PhD Thesis, Belgrad, 2004

    Strategije modernizma u planiranju i projektovanju

    urbane strukture i arhitekture Novog Beograda: period

    konzeptualne faze od 1992 da 1962 godine

    p. 293

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    BEOGRAD 1945-1975, Urbanziam Arhitektura, Bratislav Stojanovic, Uros Martinovic,

    Beograd, 1978

    p. 230

    Iskustra proslosti, lessons of the past, 1985

    Milos R. Perovic / The Institute for Development Planing of the City of Belgrade

    Iskustra proslosti, lessons of the past, 1985

    Milos R. Perovic / The Institute for Development Planing of the City of Belgrade

    Iskustra proslosti, lessons of the past, 1985

    Milos R. Perovic / The Institute for Development Planing of the City of Belgrade

    Plan, photoraph by Alex Zollinger and Willy Sthelin

    Energoproject, Belgrade

    Modell, photograph by Alex Zollinger and Willy Sthelin

    Energoproject, Belgrade